Improvement in bail-ears for buckets and pails



G. 0. NAPHEYS. Bail-Ear for Bucket and Pail.

I No. 211,036. Patented Dec. 17, 1378.

N.PETF.RS, PNDTD-LITNDGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, '1v 0,

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

GEORGE G. NAPHEYS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAIL-EARS FOR BUCKE'TS AND PAILS Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,036, dated December 17, 1878; application filed November 15, 1878.

Toall whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE O. NAPHEYs, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of I Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bail-Ears for Buckets, Pails,

' and other Vessels, of which the following is a specification:

Theinvention relates to those ears which are used for attaching movable handles or bails to buckets, pails, and other vessels, which are attached externally to the sides, and do not extend above the top of the pail, and in which the end of'the bail passes through an eye and is bent in the form of a hook, that turns within the space between the pail and the raised portion of the ear.

The object of my invention is to provide a symmetrical, economical, strong, and easilyattachable bail-ear for metal pails, buckets, and similar vessels, which will hold the bail or movable" handle sufficiently aloof to clear i is hooked, and in which it turns. a

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a view of a pail with ears and bail embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the ear. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of same with end of bail inserted therein.

Fig. 4 is a top view of same on section of a pail.

In order to enable any one skilled in the art to manufacture my improved bailear, take of tinned metal plate a piece proportioned in size as an ear to thatof the pail to which it is to be attached, and, after cutting the same into a nearly equilateral triangle, trim off the edge intended for the top of the ear toward the corners, so as to give it a slightly-convex curvature, (and cut off the opposite or lower point of the triangular-piece square a short distance above its point,) punch an eye midway near the top,and then, by means of a stamp or die, strike the car into the shape above described,

ear B shows the hook of the handle (J inserted through the eye in Fig. 3, and a topview of said ear B on a section of the pail A may be seen in Fig. 4, by which it will be seen that the broad open space at the top tapers gradually down to a small aperture at the bottom. This car 13 being soldered to the bail A, one on each side, at a short distance'below the upper rim or mouth of the pail, the bail or handle 0, with its two ends turned inward, so as to form hooks, is then inserted through the eyes aforesaid, in which it moves around clear of p the pail and lid.

The two parallel horizontal ridges struck across the face of the ear, uniting with the angles made by bending down the side projections, tend to strengthen the ear, and its advantages over other ears now in use are simplicity and ease of construction and attachment by soldering along straight edges, with consequent greater economy.

Having thus described my invention, and

the mode of constructing the same, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. Metallic ears for attaching handles to pails, buckets, and other vessels,constructed each of a single piece of metal plate formed into three triangular sides, with two horizontal parallel ridges across the face, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' 2. The combination of a bail-ear of a single piece of metal formed into three triangular sides with a metal pail, by soldering the edges of the side projections of said ear thereto, with the broad part uppermost, and tapering down ward nearly to a point, substantially as-and for the purposes described.

. GEORGE G. NAPHEYS.

. Witnesses:

ROBERT L. ARMSTRONG, R. THORNTON WILrBl NK. 

